Bad Weather Schedule

Severe Weather Policy & Procedures

When weather conditions warrant a decision to remain on regular opening schedules or to deviate, UofL administration, when possible, will announce schedule changes for morning classes by 6 a.m. and for evening classes by 3 p.m. For the purpose of severe weather announcements, evening classes are those that begin at or after 4:15 p.m.

If the university is operating on normal schedules, it will make no announcement.

Official Information

UofL will provide official information on deviations from normal schedules via:

E-mails sent to students and employees on their university email accounts

A recorded message at 502-852-5555

Local media also will be contacted, but the most reliable sources are those above.

Delayed Schedule

When administration announces a delayed schedule, it will cancel classes up to a certain time and begin with the full class schedule at that point.

A delayed opening until 10 a.m., for instance, means that classes that end before 10 a.m. will be canceled. Students who normally would be in class at or after 10 a.m. should go wherever they would be at that time unless they have received other instructions from their instructor in advance. Those should be included in the course syllabus.

The School of Lawand schools located at the Health Sciences Campus will notify their faculty, students and staff of any delayed class schedule they follow.

Shelby Campus and Belknap Campus Evening classes, Weekend classes, and Fort Knox classes may be cancelled for bad weather. Faculty will make special arrangements to make up classes missed because of the cancellation.